note mrguy123 All the modules in the above post are great, but if you need to parse a simple XML file then <a href="http://search.cpan.org/~grantm/XML-Simple-2.18/lib/XML/Simple.pm">XML::Simple</a> is a very simple and effective module to know.<br> Regarding books, the <a href="http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9780596002053.do">O'Reilly books</a> are usually pretty good<br> Good Luck<br> MrGuy 945488 945488